Coastal Bend School Notes: 04.29.13

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On April 24, Corpus Christi Lodge No. 189 presented three $1,000 scholarships and Lamar Medals to Adrien Trevino (left), Miller High School; Shih-Chuan Wang, Carroll High School and Mario Cosio, Moody High School. Each student also received the Mirabeau B. Lamar Medal for outstanding academic and civic achievements. Also pictured is Wayne Schroeder (top left) and Tom Wimberly.

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Each spring, local Rotary Clubs hold a Four-Way Test Speech Competition and high school students have the opportunity to compete for scholarship money. The South Texas Rotary International District 5930 Area 5 competition was at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi and this year’s first place winner was Callie Cannon (left), a junior at Flour Bluff High School. Cannon will be awarded an additional scholarship amount of $350 from the Rotary Club of Padre Island Corpus Christi upon enrollment in college. Second place winner was Yliana Salinas, a junior at Moody High School. Salinas will be awarded an additional scholarship amount of $175 from the Rotary Club of Southside Corpus Christi.

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The Craft Training Center of the Coastal Bend conducted its 19th Annual High School Welding Competition April 19. Thirty two schools from the Coastal Bend area participated. The winners of the welding plate competition included Eric Dehnert (from left), first, A.C. Jones High School; Ronald Garza, second, Richard Milburn Academy; third, Andres Gaitan, A.C. Jones High School. Also competing and placing is Bryan Webb, A.C. Jones High School; Justin King, Ingleside High School; and Randy Gonzales, Banquete High School. Also pictured is Mike Sandroussi (far left), director of education at the center.

CORPUS CHRISTI - The Craft Training Center of the Coastal Bend conducted its 19th annual High School Welding Competition on April 19. Participants included 32 schools from the Coastal Bend area.

The top winners of the pipe competition included:

First: Noel Noguez, Banquete High School

Second: John Lopez, A.C. Jones High School

Third: Julian Gutierrez, King High School

Other winners who placed were Victoria Elizalde, A.C. Jones High School; and Jesus Cristan and Anthony Solis, West Oso High School.

Banquete High School was awarded a bronze medal by U.S. News and World Report. More than 21,000 public high schools in 49 states and the District of Columbia were awarded gold, silver or bronze medals based on state proficiency standards and how well they prepare students for college, according to a news release from the school.

Rose Perez, former Association of Texas Professional Educators foundation president, made a presentation April 22 to Tuloso-Midway Primary School of a $1,500 literacy grant from the foundation.

Sarah Walker, the school librarian, applied for the foundation’s Beth Ann Rogers Literacy Initiative Grant with the hope of adding new digital books to a library collection that is more than 15 years old. Information: www.atpefoundation.org/.

Annapolis Christian Academy’s Oceanography team competed in the 16th annual National Ocean Sciences Bowl in Milwaukee against 25 schools throughout the country after qualifying by winning for the second straight year the South Texas regional Loggerhead challenge in February.

The Annapolis team was awarded the James D. Watkins Sportsmanship Award at the NOSB National Finals, according to a news release from the school.

Team members Emily Borchardt, Andrew Hanks, Colton Garrett, Austin Jones and Sam Stephens were on the Oceanography team from Annapolis Christian Academy. This past season the Oceanography team also participated in a marine debris cleanup at Matagorda Island with other local schools. The team is coached by Sarah Borchardt and her assistant coach is Jackie Hanks.